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Re:Education Killed The Creativity [In Me] on Monday May 25, 2009 @09:29PM (#626089)
"Some people ARE born with an advantage (or have one nurtured into them)"

Doesn't that contradict the rest of your statement?

I agree with what you're saying, but I think all people can excel, most just don't have the drive/desire to (or they used to, but lost it). It seems we label people as "gifted" when they are simply interested in learning...

Re:Ask HN: What do you eat? on Sunday May 17, 2009 @10:58AM (#613456)
I eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.

  cd /
  rm *
essentially renders your machine useless. Surely it would be easy to make it less dangerous than this.
Re:*{ Code Like I Do on Sunday May 10, 2009 @09:38PM (#602798)
Is it just me or does "SuperMate", apart from the Web Preview window, look terrible? HUD panels are overused, the button styles for the most part look misplaced, and a purple gradient on the tabs? Really?

This icon looks pretty good though, although the perspective angle seems a bit off... I really wish I could make decent [OS X app] icons :(

Well, cancer doesn't typically kill you before you're able to reproduce.